By Negations, Irony

Nona The Brit wrote: This sounds like a jokey introduction to a presentation to me. I don't think you are meant to take it seriously. The surprise/contradictary element is the basis of the whole joke so it wouldn't work if it were re-phrased without that. To take it slightly more 'straight'...

﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ {quote=MrPedantic} She isn't greatly missing her family. Yes, those are all fine. But a strange thing: without context, the positive versions of these sentences sound 'straightforward'. They mean what they say. But the negative versions have an air...

Hello Roro She isn't greatly missing her family. Yes, those are all fine. But a strange thing: without context, the positive versions of these sentences sound 'straightforward'. They mean what they say. But the negative versions have an air of irony – in other words, they aren't simple 180...